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McLennan County, Texas, 




SUSPENSION BRIDGE AT WACO. 



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WAgO IMMIGRATION SOCIETY, 

AND APPROVED B\- 

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City Council of^-Wago and ttie Honorable CouNtY 
CouRt bl'^'McLiN'MN "CbaHY. 




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If. S. CARGILi:. 

£L HIGGINSON & CO., 
B .A. KT K: E I^ S , 

I'ourtli Stroct, iiiiilcr Pncitic Hotel, 
WACO. TEXAS. 

rtie Wai'O I\[alioiii^l Bank 

WACO, TEXA8. 

Special attention given to collections on all 
)ints. 

Ciipital SlOO.iMKi. Surplus $48,000. 

.1 yv. M.WN, I'Hwident. .1. K. ROSE. Cashier 
K. O. PIDCOKK, Viee President. 



WILEY JONES, 

.South 'I'liird Street, 
WACO/ - - - - TEXAS. 

IVERY, FEED & SALE STABLE. 

Sitn'k I{(»U{^ht autl Sold. 

Wm. Cameron & f o., 

— Dealers in — 

MBER, SHINGLES, SASH, DOORS, 

HLINDS, t:TC. 

iinis at Waro, San Antonio, Oatesville, Ilieo 
•lin, Cleburne, Temple, Lampasas and 
•Mvood. Main office, Waeo, Texas. 

Tucker & Willis, 

Wholesale aiul Retail 

DIRXJOO-ISTS. 

I'H.VlOIAt ISTS AM) I'KKStKII'TIOMSTS, 

WACO, TEXAS. 



SEMI TROPICAL PLANTS 

lya < iirnosMs, ("acti. Olcimilcrs. Tiilic-rosos, 
iiAlas, Imlirelln ("iii/it'freciY YjmiwHlii- 
toxn. Salt Cellar. Al.tRiirm*. iwi*! o»liI-r*rf«'3i3 
i.Ml plaiii.sMiiil Iluii2c.i,*l-J-.J!;* Vi^tji^jjijil 
<pi'ss lo any iiarl ol' the loinitry. 
White KUiwer (Irceiihonsi's. 

T. L. L";.'H>V«»>J^'l*iyKr». .. 
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Citizens National Rai 



WACO. TEXAS. 

WM. CAMKRON. President 
K. ROT AN, Viee President. 
L. V. BLACK. Cashiir. 
DIRECTOR.^. 
Wm. Cameron, E. Rotaii, S. W. Slavden, 
Lacy, W. H. Grider, Sr., H. J. Canfleld 
I. .Moore, J. A. Solomon. Thos. P. Abeel 

CORRESPONDJCKTS. 
Mercantile National Hank, New York. 
ISank of Coniineree. St. Lonis. 
Slate National Hank, New Orleans. 
Kir.-t National 15ank. Galveston. 
Incorporated >Lireh 7, H»,s4. 
Paid lip <'apital. S1(X).0(H). 
.Vnthorized Capital, S.'>(H».()0(). 
Exchange bought and sidd on all poii 
Europe. 



R. E. BCRNHAM. .1. W. RIG 

.M. A. SCLLIVAN. 
Capital .... $100 

Burnham Land, Live Stock and G 
Company, 

Buys and Sells I.uikIs. Improved and 
proved, in all parts of the State. 

Lands liste<l and sold for i»rivatc parti« 
cor^iorations. 

Live Stock bought and sold. 
. Does a geni-ral Land and Live Stock 
uess. 

If you have Lands or Live Stock foi 
write to us. 

If you wish to eiuue to Texas, send us fc 
of lands now for sale. 

BCRNHAM LAND & LIVE STOCK O 
Waco, Tc 



Waeo State Bank 

WACO. TEXAS. 

Collections made and promptly remit^ 
CORRESPONDENTS. * 

T. W. House, Houston. Texas: Corlxui Ba 
Co., New York: State Savings .\ssiK'iati 
I,ouis; National Park Bank. New York 
HuKliiiis iV Co., (ialveston; State N» 
Bank, New Orleans: Mereliants Loaj 
Trust, .1. H. Raymond A: Co., .Xustin. 

C. M. SELEY, President. W. W. SELEYJ 



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Waco and 



McLENNAN COUNTY. 



THE SOIL, CLIMATE, MORALS OF 
THE PEOPLE. 



ADVANTAGES AND RESOURCES OF THE 
COUNTY. 



]\LcLeiinau county is sitiialed about 
llu- ccDtre of that favored region 
known a« Central Texas, and we be- 
lieve presents more advantages to the 
imniig-rant than nearly any other sec- 
tion of the great empire slate, y.iiether 
he adopts cotton, corn, small grain, 
vegetables or fruit raising, it promises 
a rich return for his labor. To the 
manufacturer, wholesale merchant, or 
jobber, it stands out prominently as 
the only county in the state bisected 
by four great rival and competing 
lines of railway. 

SOIL. CLIMATE. AGFICCLTURK, FKX'ITS. 
ETC., ETC. , 

This is a favored region for wheat, 
the soil being precisely that which 
wheat most delights in. and the eleva- 
ted dry air exactly suited to bring it 
to the best maturity. It is equally 
adapted to cotton, corn, oats, barley, 
etc. It is a surpassing grape country, 
excellent for pears and good for 



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peaches. It is well timbered. All the 
creeks and rivers are heavily timbered 
on their margins with various kinds of 
oaks, hickory, pecan, elm. asji. cherry, 
sycamore, pium. cottonwood. gum;-', 
etc. Extensive belts or forests of post 
oak are ireciuent. There is nothin/r 
wanting in this region to make human 
life contented and happy. 

McLennan county is the vxealth.iest. 
and the most populous county in thi.> 
section of Central Texas. It likewise 
takes precedence in tlie line of educa- 
tion, intelligence and general social 
retinomeut. It is situated on 1>otli 
sides of the river Brazos, which 
divides the county nearly centrally 
from north to south, having various 
atiiuents on both sides, including the 
Bosque on the west, and the Tehua- 
cana and its tributaries on the east. 
Almost the entire surface is a high 
rolling prairie — -one of the most beau- 
tiful countries in the world. About 
one-tliird of the county is timber, con- 
sisting- chiefly of post oak. other varie- 
j ties of oak, walnut, pecan, hackberry 
and other woodij. The valley of the 
Brazos is heavily timbered. The soil 
of the upland is generally light, sandy 
or Avooded lands, black sandy loam, 
or dark, sticky or "hog wallow" on 
the prairies, and alluvial on the Brazos 
bottoms. All varieties are rich and 
exceedingly jiroductive. It has a soil 
capable of producing in abundance, all 
the various crops usually groAvn in 
this latitude, being well watered and 



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TO WACO AND McLENNAN COUNTY, TEXAS. 



timbered, and embracing within its 
limits a large portion of the richest 
valley, and some of the most fertile 
prairie lands in the state. It can safely 
be said that good health, good crops, 
and good society are the prominent 
features of this locality. 

The winters, if they can be called 
such, are short and mild, but suttt- 
cieutly cold to prevent the spread of 
malarial diseases, and the summer sea- 
son is tempered by an almost constant 
breeze, enabling the farmer to enjoy 
a delightful rest after his day's labor. 
It will no doubt surprise many of our 
readers when informed that this 
county has never been visited by an 
epidemic of any description whatever. 
It contains a population of about 48,- 
000, which is so rapidly increasing, 
that it is questionable whether a single 
acre of good farming land will be ob- 
tainable in the near future, not less 
than live times its present value, from 
the fact that several of the most im- 
p(^rtant railroads in the state are be- 
ginning to traverse the county in 
every direction. The prairie lands 
are of a black, waxy character, and in- 
exhaustable, and equal in every res- 
pect to the best lan(ls of Ohio, Illinois 
Iowa, and Wisconsin and Missouri, 
Avhich readily bring in those markets 
from $50 to $100. but which can now 
be readily purchased here on the most 
liberal terms. It might be well to 
state the average yield per acre of the 
vai'ious crops grown in this vicinity 
merely to show to intending 
settlers the certainty of their securing, 
with proper effort, a competency 
which will in a few years place them 
beyond the possibility of want, and 
enable them to lay aside sufhcieut for 
the proper education and support 
of their children. The following 
may safely be regarded as the a^er- 
age yield per acre of the following 
crops. Cotton, from one-half to one 
bale; wheat, from 14 to 30 bushels: 
oats, from 40 to 100 bushels ; rxc, from 
40 1o 60 bushels; barley, from" 40 to 80 
bushels; corn, from 20 to ,00 bushels; 
millet, from 3 to 5 tons; Avhich, of 
course, is largely dejiendent ujion the 



mode of cultivation, which, in this 
country, we are compelled to say, is 
susceptable to great improvement. 
Our readers will naturally infer from 
the above that these lands, surrounded 
as they are with everything calculated 
to insure prosperity, and with unsur- 
passed raihvay facilities, are. beyond 
their limited means, but such is not 
the case, as they can now be obtained 
at merely a nominal figure. It is a 
matter of great surprise that many 
first-class farmers are content to re- 
main in the older states, as renters, 
earning barely sufficient to sustain life, 
when a perfect El Dorado is noAV open 
to them, Avhere 

PROSPERITY AKD HAPPINESS 

is sure to follow the proper cultiva- 
tion of the soil, and Avhere they Avill 
immediately emerge from serfdom to 
proprietorship. We can not under- 
stand why this should be the case. 
Can it be "that the northern farmer is 
still laboring under the exploded idea 
that his citizenship Avill be ignorecl 
should he locate amou": the soiithern 
people, and that he will be debarred 
from the enjoyment of his political 
rights? If such be the case the sooner 
he casts aside this unjust suspicion the 
better it Avili be for him. 

FRUITS. 

Fruits do remarkably well here, es- 
pecially the peach, plum, pear, and 
some variety of apples, the localitv be- 
ing sulliciently distant from the coast 
to insure their successful cultivation. 
There are many persons who have the 
impression that fruit can not be 
grown in Central Texas. This is a 
very great mistake. Peaches, pears, 
nectarines, apricots, figs, grapes and 
plums grow to perfection. Apples, so 
far. have not proven a success; but it 
is believed by many that even api)les 
can be grown successfully by raising 
varieties from the seed] which will 
naturally adapt themselves to our cli- 
uuite. It is a very common error, too, 
that fruit trees of the above varieties 
that succee;! are not long lived. This, 
too, is a great mistake. We knoAV 
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over fifteen years old, iii the orcliard 
of fraiiK's ^[. Andor>;(>n, Esq., witliin 
our iiiilo of Waco, tliat arc iiov.- in full 
A'i^or and exliil)it no indications of de- 
cay. Some varieties of his peaches 
attain one jionnd in weifjlit, and his 
pears are as i)rolirio and line as are 
g-rown anywhere. And not even ('al- 
ifornia can excel the ofroAvlh of <rra|)es 
in his vineyard. On consult inff Mitli 
him as to Jiis success, he stated that 
the only secret is to head low and ])ro- 
tect tlie tree by its own shade from 
the sun. and to ])lant trees g-rown in 
the state, and never let the trunk be 
over one foot in heijiiit. Sim])ly ijf- 
7)ore all that pertains to more north- 
ern latitudes and adapt the culture to 
the climate. 

COST OF ijvixc;. 
The staples — snjfar, coflee. riie. to- 
bacco, salt, tlonr, etc. — are about the 
.same jtrice as in Northern and Eastern 
States; bacon and corn about the same 
as in Southern States. Avhile beef, the 
staff of Texan's life, is much cheaper 
than in any portion of the Union, 
("lothlnfc. cotton and woolen goods, 
a])out the same as in other states; and 
agricultural implements, wagons. 
])]ows, etc., the same as in Southern 
states. 

I'lUCK OF ST(((K. 

(Tood, serviceable saddle jKniies caB 
be had at from .$1/1 to $.')() i>cr head: 
good tarm work horses and brood 
luares, from !?40 to $80; good farm 
mules, from ii>(iO to $100; though fancy 
buggy horses and thoroughbred stock 
arc much more costly, ranging from 
S\M) uj), and extra heavy luuics, for 
drayagc and other special jjurposes, 
brin<: readily from $12.') to $17."). Hut 
good, serviceable slock, for farm and 
family purjioses, mav be safely placed 
at the lirst named prices. Xalive 
horses, known as the "mustang." are 
the hardiest in the world. \\ e have 
known them to be ridden from (Mghty 
to a hundred miles a day and be fresh 
and ready for use next day. 

FINK OU GUADKI) .STCK/K 

can be raised here as cheaj), if not 
cheaper tlian in any country in the 



world. It Jilso pays handsomely. 
Fine slock, horses or cattle, when 
crossed with the native slock of the 
country, i)roduces the healthiest and 
best breeds knoAvn. 

SHEEP. 

This business pays better than 
almost ajiytliing a person can engage 
in. One may safely calculate to double 
his money nearly every year if he 
gives his time and attention ])roi)erly 
to the bu.'-iness. Sheej) can be bought 
froiu$l..')Oto.$rJ.COper liead, according 
to graile. Immense fortunes have 
been uuide in this country in the sheep 
business. A sheep and agricultural 
association has lately been organized 
in this county and chartered l)y the 
state. The object is to engage in rais- 
ing line stock, sheep esiiccially. ^Ir. 
Jl. E. Conger, of this city, is the sup- 
erintendent of the association. 

THE I'lUCE OF TiAXl) 

ranges from $2 to .$10 per acre for un- 
improved and from .$S to .$80 for im- 
proved, according to (juality. distance 
from maiket, improvements, etc. It 
is rented usually on shares or for part 
of the crop, 

THE TEHM.S i'o KENTEHS 

lieiuf'^ one-fourth the cotton and one- 
third the corn, where the tenant fur- 
nishes himself; or one-lialf when he is 
furnished by the landlord. 

W'AiJES 

for farm hands range from .$!.') to .$20 
per montli. or when hired by the day 
at about If) ceiits. Hailroad hands at 
from $]..'')0 to $2,2;") per day : meehanics 
from .$2..'')0 to .$.1. The Avages of clerks 
and men who are hunting for soft jobs 
is merely nominal, the market being 
overstocked with this class of goods. 

COIXI V FINANCES — TAXES, ETC. 

The county tax is lower in ^IcLen- 
nan than in any other county in the 
state, the rale l)eing only l/i cents for 
ail jiurposes on the .$100, and 
notwitlistanding this low rate 
of taxation, the county treasury 
has a cash surplus of over $G,000. 
The stale taxes arc HO cents 
on the $100. with the jirospect of au 



TO WAC(3 AND McLENNAI^ COl'X'l'V, TKXAS. 



immediate reduction, as at this rate 
the receipts largely exceed the ex])en- 
ditures, there being now in the state 
treasury nearly a half million dollars, 
making the total tax in this county 45 
cents on the $100. In the city of Waco 
there is an additional cori)oratiou tax 
of 25 cents on tlie $100, and for the 
present a railroad tax of 25 cents on 
the $100, and a school tax of 50 cents 
on the $100. 

THE ASSESSED VALUATION 

of the land of the county is $8,227,842, 
an average of $4.90 per acre. In ad- 
dition to this there is 25,562 horses and 
mules— value, $766,863; cattle, 30,222 
head. $151,110: sheep, 40,842 head, 
$122,596; hogs,' 15,342, $30,684; other 
property valued at $1,665,420; and the 
total assessed value of the couutv is 
$10,964,015, as against $2,527,428,the" as- 
sessed value in 1870 ; being the seventh 
coimt>' in tlie state in ])oint of wealth. 
We append the following table shoAV- 
ing the increase in taxable values 
since 1875 and the decrease in the rate 
of taxation down to the present time : 



Year. 

1875.. 
187G.. 
1877.. 
1S78. . 
1879. . 
1880.. 
1881.. 
1882.. 
1S8.S . 
1884. . 



Kate. Am't Taxable Property. 
98 >^. . .»100 H2.59,G60 



83K. 
75 . 
50 . 
15 . 
15 . 
12K. 
10 . 
15 . 
13 . 



4,326,392 
. . 5,529,817 
. . 6,131,135 
. . 6,282,397 
. . 6,772,794 
. . 7,312,660 
. . 8,616,282 
. .10,123,421 
. .10,904,015 



It Avill be seen by this that the linan- 
ces of the county have been admira- 
bly managed for the past nine years. 
During that period the countv has 
})aid off an old debt of $50,000," built 
a magnificent court house and jail at 
a cost of over $50,000, purchased a 
poor farm and erected tliereon suita- 
ble buildings, at a cost of about $6,- 
000, erected bridges in all parts of the 
county, purchased and paid for the 
magnificent toll bridge over the Bos- 
(lue river, ami made it a free bridge, 



and inauguratetl and completed many 
other important measures||for the good 
of the county ; and yet in these years 
the rate of taxation lias decreas( d 
nearly ten timos less than it Avas in 
1875, Avhile the taxable property has 
a little more tlum doubled. The ex- 
penditures of the county AviJl aA^erage 
about $22,000 a year, and yet the es- 
timate for 'expenditures has not, in 
these nine years past, during the re- 
gency of -Judge Gerald, exceeded the 
estimated income. In fact, all of this 
Herculean Avork above enumerated, 
has been performed, and the treasury 
at the regular August term of court 
(this month) Avill shoAV a clean casli 
balance of at least $6000. Think of 
running the county on 15 cent on tlie 
hundred dollars. Judge Gerald, the 
present County Judge, A\'ent into oihce 
in 1876 Avith tlie county lieaA'ily in 
debt. During tliis time there has iieen 
paid out for iiui)roA'eiaents over .$75- 
000. We think fcAV' other men coukl 
make so good a slioAving. In the main 
the credit is due to him for tlie satis- 
factory manner in Avliich the finances 
of the county haA'e been managcvi. 

POPULATION ASiy OTIIEK AIA'PrERS. 

McLennan stands as thenintiicounty 
in the state in point of population, it 
haAdng increased from 13.500 in 1870 
to 17,000 in 1889, and being noAv at 
least 46,000 and increasing more rap- 
idly than at any time in its liistory. 
The population of the city of Waco 
has kept pace Avith the rapid growth 
of the surrounding country. With a 
l)opulation of 1.7(K) in 1870, it had 
grown to about 8,000 in 1880, and for 
the past tAVo years, since tlieadA'cut of 
two additional grand trunk lines of 
raihvays, tlie increase has ])oen more 
rapid than at any time during its his- 
tory, and i;5 300 is its jircscut pojuila- 
tion. It is the fourth county in the 
state in point of taxable values, and 
the rate of taxation the lowest of any 
other countv in the state. 



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HON. KICIIAin) COKE, ruitcd states Senator iVoni Ti'Xii> 



TO AVAOO AND McLEMNAN COUNTY, TEXAS. 



THE CITY OF WACO, 



Waco is the capital of ^McLennan 
county and inotro]>olis of Central 
Texas. Tlirou^h its very heart runs the 
two great rival railroad lines from the 
center of the United .States to the city 
of Mexico, and at right angles to them 
another great railway from the Pacirtc 
to the (lulf of Mexico. It has lately 
come to occupy a commanding posi- 
tion as regards trades, being now a 
railroad center of no mean preten- 
sions. For many j'cars the terminus 
of the North W(!St Branch of the Hous- 
ton and Texas Central, it is noM' a 
])rominent station on tliat line ex- 
tended as it lias been to a i^oint tar 
beyond Cisco, iu the direction of the 
'•I'auliandle."' It is likewise on tli:' 
line of the Texas and St. Louis (narrow 
gauge), now" in active operation, and 
alfording Waco a direct outlet to the 
northeastex-u part of the state, as wel! 
as St. Louis. One branch of the Mis- 
souri Pacitic also touches this now im- 
portant commercial point; thus gW- 
ing the place several railway lines to 
the several points of the compass. 
The territor}' tributary to the com- 
merce of Waco includes several of the 
wealthiest and most fertile counties in 
tlie state. The character and extent 
of productions are shown by the an- 
nual exportations from Y/"aco. their 
chief shipping point, as follows: Cot- 
ton, 60.000 bales ; wool, 80.000 pounds : 
hides, ' 500,000 pounds; grain, 90,000 
bushels; live stock, 6.000 head, aggre- 
gating $8,500,000 in value. As to the 
importations of Waco, the total annual 
amoimt of lier gross sales of merchan- 
dise in all lines, is estimated at $5,500,- 
000, fully one-half of all stock, goods 
and merchandise having been piir- 
cliasod in New York, a few in Hous- 
ton and Galveston, the balance in Nev/ 
Orleans and St. Louis. The city i^ 
situated immediately on Die southern 
bank of the Brazos, and from the town 
stretches out in all directions a beau- 
tiful, high rolling prairie country. The 
place is built chiefly in brick, with 
many elegant public buildings and 



handsome i)rivate residences, con- 
structed in modern style. Since the 
coming of the Texas aiid St. Louis, (he 
growtli of Waco has l)eeu ac!-elerated. 
and the population is now corapute(l 
by the late census at IH.^OO. 1 1 er prog- 
ress in the way of manufactures is- 
worthy of note; her iron foundries, 
Houring mills, .cotton-seed oil mills, 
carriage factories, woolen mills, cot- 
ton mills and other establishments do- 
ing a large and increasing business, 
Waco is destined to become one of the 
tinest and M'caltliiest interior towns of 
Texas. It is fast becoming one of the 
most important railroad and counuer- 
cial centres of Central Texas; its loca- 
tion can not be surpassed, and reflects 
great credit on the judgment and sa- 
gacity of its founder, ^dajor (ieoi-ge 
t). Erath, who seemed to see with a 
prophetic eye the future advantages 
of this location, not only as a eomnrer- 
cial center, but as a point Avhere man- 
ufacturing interests could not do oth- 
erwise than prosper. This charming 
city lies about 700 feet above the level 
of the sea, and overlooks some of the 
tinest scenery iu the state. The 
Brazos river ru;is directly through it. 
and is crossed by a sus})ension bridge 
Avith a span 475 feet in length — a mag- 
niticent structure, connecting East 
A\^aco Avith the main city. The court- 
house i§ one of the Mnest in the state, 
and is a credit to the county. The 
stranger upon entering the city is im- 
mediately struck with its 

M KTROPOMTAN Al'PEARANCE, 

and im])ressed Avith the live spirit of 
its citizens; its solid Ijlocks .of brick 
buildings, two. three and four stories 
high; its elegant churches, colleges, 
schools and private residences, which 
he naturally regards as sub.-laiitial ev- 
idences of cultivation and })rosperity. 
In its 

SOCI.A.Ii ASPECTS 

Waco occupies a position second to no 
other city in the state. Its churches 
rejiresent lUMirly (ivery religious faith, 
while all the benevolent orders arc 
well represented, and its colleges and 
schools are in a flourishing condition. 



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Tlio Icjiul and i^iodical prolt'.'^sions are 
also ably rcprcsonted, by Lreiitlomeii of 
iiatiuiiai reputation. Anioug^ the lead- 
in<^ industries of the eity there are 
many extensive 

M A X i: FACTUKI N O KSTA JJMSH M KNTS, 

l)riiu-ii)al auioii<^- \vliifli are the cotton 
mills, cotton seed oil mills, wliidi are 
taxed to their utuu^bt capacity and are 
totally unable to supply the threat de- 
maud uuide upon then). Tlie ciiy lias 
also a cottou compress, two excellent 
daily, two weekly and one mbnthly 
newspaper, a stirru]) and seaudess 
sack factory, live banks, six hotels, 
two ice factories, three llouriu<j mills, 
three plauiug- mills ami sash and door 
manufactories, three waji^on and car- 
riage manufaciori(s. a well e(iuii)ped 
ttri'ct railwav. under f!ie mamiy:emeut 



of an efficient officer, gas and M'ater 
works, tire dejiartuumt, and a private 
hospital, the latter, we xmderstand. 

\ will be greatly improved at an earh- 
date, and last. l)ut not least, one of the 
largest and best equipped woolen 
mills in the United States. Thus it 

j will be seen that Waco already i)os- 
sesses 

I ALL THE KLEMKXT.S 

necessary for its success. Its business 

is drawn i)rincipally from the counties 

of McLennan. Falls, Bell, Coryelle. 

I Bosque, Hill and Limestone, and the 

; past year has seen its jobbing trade 

! greatly extended throughout the 

above counties and in numy other por- 

; tions of the state. 

i AV'aco has from its earliest ddstory 
! occuined a i)rominent position as an 
educational centre. 




KESIDEXCE OF DIJ. D. M. WALLACE. 



TO WACO AND McLENNAN COUNTY, TEXAS. 



'CHURCHES OF WACO AND 
McLEHHAH COUHTY. 



There are Avhite churches in the city 
and county as follows : 

Metliodist Episcopal, South, 85, with 
an aggregate membership of 2,900; 
Methodist Episcopal, one, members .55; 
one Protestant Methodist, 41; one Ger- 
man Methodist, 81; tAveuty-niue Mis- 
sionary Baptists, 2,800; two Primative 
BaiJtist, 62; two Presbyterian, 360; 
thirteen Cumberland Presbyterian, 
850; eleven Christia"H, 1,700; one Epis- 
copalian, 180; two Catholic, 1,300; one 
Hebrew, 360; 'one Lutheran, 35; one 
Skandinavian, 27; making the total 
white churches in the county and city 
99, with an aggregate membership of 
10,835. In addition to this, the Relig- 
ious and Benevolent Association of 
this city has a ■commodious hall, with 
a congregation of 250 Liberals. 

There are colored churches in the 
city and county as follows: 

Nineteen Missionary Baptist, with 
an aggregate membership of 2,500; 
seventeen Methodist Episcopal, with 
1,0-10 members; six African Methodist 
Episcopal, 820; four Cumberland Pres- 
byterian, 220, and two Christian, with 
l4o members; making a total of col- 
ored churches in the county and city 
of 48, with an aggregate membershi}) 
of 4,720. This is a most gratifying 
sho>ving, as it gives an average of 
about one churcli member for every 
three inhabitants. In almost every 
neighborhood from two to three de- 
nominations w^orship in the same 
house, and this insures preaching 
nearly every Sunday in eace commu- 
nity. There are Sabbath schools in 
nearly every neighborhood, usually 
union schools. Of the churches and 
church buildings of Waco we enumer- 
ate as follows: 

THE GERMAN METHODIST 

is composed of some of the most 
tlirifty class of the German population 
of Waco. They have a neat brick 
house of worship, located on the cor- 
ner of Franklin and Sixth streets. 



They have a tiourishing Sabbath 
school. The present pastor is Ilev. 
T. T. Franz. 

KODEPH SHOLOM — HEBREW 

have one of the handsomest synagogue 
structures, onWashington street, to be 
found in Texas. The present pastor 
is the Kev. Dr. Suhler. The intelli- 
gence, morality and piety of its mem- 
bers compare favorably with other 
leading churches of the city. 

CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN. 

The congregation is not large, but 
it comijares favorably with other lead- 
ing denominations of the city. Mem- 
bers and friends of this church desir- 
ing to locate in Waco will lind a 
commodious house of worship, and an 
able minister, the Rev. Mr. Hodges. 

THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH 

meetevei'y Lord's day to break the loaf 
and for w^orship and preaching. 
Prayer meeting every Wednesday 
night and Sunday school every Sun- 
day morning. They have a commo- 
dious church structure on South Fiftli 
street. The present regular officiating 
elder is Mr. W H. Goodloe. 

CHURCH OF THE ASSUMPTION — CATH- 
OLIC. 

Our Catholic population is compar- 
atively small and scattered — there are 
about 1,300 in the county. They have 
a neat Ijrick structure, on Washington 
street, and they are prei)aringto build 
a commodious and maguiticent cathe- 
dral (the walls are now up to the sec- 
ond story). The present pastor is the 
Rev. Father Dumont. The character- 
istic zeal and energy of our Catholic 
citizens gives the hope that the rever- 
end ])astor of the congregation Avill 
soon lind himself able to hold services 
in the new church editice, which we 
are confident will do honor to them- 
selves and credit to the rapidly im- 
proving city of AVaco. Across the 
Brazos river, tifteen miles northwest 
from the city, is quite a large Catholic 
settlement, who have a chajjel and a 
visiting priest. 

THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 

is located on Austin Avenue, between 



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P^lgbtli aiul Nintli .streets. It is a 
hir^o brick l)iiil(liiitr, one of the most 
impusiiio; structiires iu the state, a new 
hiiildino- not yet completed; but wlien 
c'omphited it Aviil bo one of the most 
eU'g-nnt in Central Texas, llev. Sam 
A. KinjiC. I). I)., is the stated pastor. 
The conjifre^ation is compostMJ ofsonie 
of the best and most relined people of 
Waco. 

THE EI'ISCOl'AI- CliUKCJr 

is QUO of the neatest strnctllre^^ of the 
kind to be found in all Texas. The 
building was completed and the lirst 
services held in it June ir.th. 1879. the 
lirst Sunday after Trinity, the Vloy. J. 
J. Clemens, Kector of Christ's Church. 
Houston, assistinjj: the llev. Mr. Sart 
well, who v>as then Hector. The 
buildinji: is a ma<i"ni(icent (J (Hhic struc- 
ture. It cost Jjfll.OOO. It is an orna- 
ment to the city and a monument to 
the zeal, lldelity and energy of the 
Episcopal con<;re<iation. liev. Fran- 
cis ]{. Starr is the present Kector. an 
able and ckxnient minister. 

TJIK FIUST UAl'TI.ST C'JirilCir. 

The mend)ershii]p of this church 
nuiilbers over -tUO. IJev. P>. H. Car- 
roll. I). I)., is tlie olliciatino- minister: 
he has served the church for the ])aht 
twelve years, lie has not his superior 
for learniui;-. piety, /.cal and elo(juen<e 
in tJie stale. Tlie church has ever 
been true to Baptist faith, orderly in 
practice, strict in disciplin»> and liberal 
iu the support of all the enterprises of 
the churcii. On the 2'Jnd day of Feb- 
ruary. 1H77. the church editice was 
burned and a new one has been 
erected on the site of the old. rivals 
any similar structure in the state. It 
cost between $'J.'),000 and $80,000. 

THE FIFTH STUEirr ."M. E. CHLHCHJ 
SOUTH. j 

The present new church huildino-. j 
on the corner of Fifth and .lackson ' 
streets, was be>run in l,s74 and com- I 
pleted in 1879. The entire cost foots ' 
up .$17,0(H). The ])resent mcMubership i 
of the church is nearly four hundred. 
Services twice every Sunday; jirayer ! 
meetinjr every Wednesday* evenintr | 
and Sunday achool everv Sabbath I 



morninof. l{ev. James ]\rackey. D. 1).. 
is the oHiciatiiig minister. 

THE M. E. CHURCH 

has a small nu'ud)ershii>. They have 
a neat and commodious structure on 
Washington street, built of brick and 
covered in; but it beinji- yet unlinislK d 
services are held in thetiernian Meth- 
odist buildijiir in the afternoon of Sun- 
days. Kev. Jlr. Crist is the ])astor. 

THE .SPIRITUALISTS 

of the city have an organization, with 
reyidar meetin<j;s for social and mora! 
improvement. Among their numl)er 
are some of our best citizens. 

HELICHorS AND RENEVOLEXT AS.SOCI- 
ATIOX. 

Oro-anized December 12th. 1882. Ileg- 
ular lectures every Sunday morning 
and evening. Children's Lyceum 
every Sunday afternoon, at Liberal 
Hall, AVashingtou street. 

I.UTIIEKAX OR KVAXAKI.MAI, (IlfnrH 

is a handsome wood structure located 
on South Eighth street. It has a 
growing membershi]). l{e\. Charles 
ScIkkm' is the i)astor. 

rilE SCAXDINAVIAX CHUKCH 

is a neat (jothic wood structure \a- 
cated near Conger Hill, it has a 
membership of intelligent Swe(>ds 
and Norwegians. 

CONCUEiiATlOXAI.. 

'I'here is at ju'esent neither organi- 
zation nor church building in Waco 
of this denomination, but arrange- 
ments are on loot to organize a church 
and l)uild a church structure, at an 
early day in the future which A\ill 
com))are with other similar l)uildings 
of the kind in the city. For particu- 
lars res])ecting this movement i;dl on 
Mr. J. K. Street, at the Kxaminer of- 
tice or on Prof.. I. II. 1 lurw ood. of the 
Examiner. 

COLORED CHURCHES. 

Churches of all the leading denomi- 
nations, anuuig the colored ])eople of 
Waco, are organized, several of them 
with learned and able ministers, 
among whom we uu'Ution Bishop 



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Cain. Some of the cliiirch buildings 
are neat and commodious structures, 
tastily built and ornamented. 

THE SECOND (COLORED) BAPTIST 
CHURCH 

has a flourishing and growing- uiem- 
bership. 

THE FIRST l\r. E. (COLORED) CHURCH 

is located at the foot of Franklin 
street, near the Brazos river. It is 
lai'ge and roomy, and numbers one of 
the largest memberships of any of the 
colored churches of the city. 

THE CHRISTIAN (COLORED) CHURCH 

is located in East Waco. It has a 
large and prosperous membership. 



Services are held every Lord's day. 

THE SECOND M. E. (COLORED) CHURCH 

has quite a large uuMubershii); but Ave 
failed to gather the imrticulars con- 
cerning it. 

THE AFRICAN M. E. CHURCH 

has a handsome brick building, on 
South Second street, with a large, in- 
Muential and intelligent membership. 
The building is two stories and com- 
pai'cs favorably with other churches 
of the city. 

NEW HOPE (colored) BAPTIST CHURCH 

is a coiymodious frame building, situ- 
ated on North Sixth street, near How- 
ard (colored) Institute. It has a large 
and influential membership. 




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THE LMMlGiiA2sT\S GLlDi: 



PUBLIC AND PRIVATE 
SCHOOLS. 



Thoro are one hundred and two i 
flourishinLr public schools in the ; 
county and city under conijietent j 
teachers. There are ninety-six in the j 
county, about twenty-five of them 
colored schools. The public sthools of 
the city are under the nianajjement of 
the City Council. I'rof. J. ILCialla^ihcr 
is the city .Superintendent of J'ublic 
Instruction ; a gentleman of rare cul- 
ture and competency. There are six 
])ublic schools in the city, three for 
wliitc, and three for colored students. 
The public school fund is sullicient to 
run the public schools about live 
months in the year in the county 
schools, and the city schools are run I 
nine months in the year, the city hav- 1 
ing levied a s])ecial tax for that pur- j 
l)Ose. There are lifty-one private 
and dentjuilnational schools in the ; 
county aud city, mo.st of which are in j 
a prosperous conditiou. There are a i 
numl)er in NVaco. in tact so excellent I 
are tlu; schools t)f Waco that it may 
justly lay claim to being the chief e((- 
ucational city in the state. i 

WACO UNIVKKSITV I 

is under tlu; J'resiilencv of Kev. IJufus j 
C. JUirleson, D.l). IJythe charter, the [ 
"NVaco University is the property of 
the Baptist denoiuinalion in Texas, 
yet no sectarian dogmas arc taught i 
here. During the last fall term the j 
university matriculated more students 
than any similar institution in the ' 
southwest, and it lias now more board- ! 
ing ])upils, not including its l)enerici- | 
aries, than all the other schools in 
Waco. The following are some of 
the advantages and facilities otU-red j 
by this institution: First. — A full and : 
able faculty, under a jiresident who ; 
has hail thirty years' experience as a 
teacher in Texas. Second. — Ample j 
buildings, cauipus. library, aparatus 
and school furniture. Third. — Kxcel- 
lent boariling facilities, ."jirjO chca])er ' 
than anv slmlljir institution in the 



south of equal grade. Fourth. — 
llealthv location; the entire medical 
bill for" 1888 did not exceed *40. Fiftli. 
—Mild and firm dicipline. which ha> 
produced an excellent state of morals 
among the students — the vicious are 
sj)eedily retV)rmcd or (juietly sent 
home without exporure when jjos^i- 
ble. Sixth. — In addition to the regu- 
lar collegiate course, students have 
advantages of the "commercial school." 
" school of music.'' " school of art." 
"school of physical culture," etc., etc. 
For catalogue or other particulars ad- 
dress the president. Dr. K. C. Burle- 
son. 

WACO FK.^fAl.I-: COIiLEtrE. 

The present able president of the 
college is Prof. K. O. Kounsaval, A. 
M. The institution is under the pat- 
ronage of the Xorthwest T(!xas Con- 
ference, M. E. Church, South, and 
under the management of Professor 
Rounsaval and liis able faculty, it is 
one of the leading institutious of the 
country. It atfords every facility for 
a thorough collegiate course of 
instruction. It has a chemical aud 
philosoj)liical laboratory for demon- 
strating the sciences. The discii)line 
is Avell maintained and the system of 
instruction thorough and com]tIete. 
With such an institution for the edu- 
cation of young ladies. Texans netnl 
not send their daugliters abroad with 
the h()j)e of liudiug better educational 
facilities than are attbrded by this in- 
stitution. 

ACAI)K.MV OF THK .SACHKD IIE.VRT. 

Under the charge and direction (d' 
the Sisters of St. Mary, lliis institu- 
tion offers to young ladies and child- 
ren unsurpassed facilities forac(|iiir- 
ing a thorough uu'Utal and moral 
education. The Sisters of St. Mary 
came to NVaco in Septeudjcr. 1H7;5. aud 
oi)eiU'd a school of a few students in 
the Church of the Assumption, while 
their ])rescnt building, corner of 
Washington and Eighth street, was in 
course of construction, this they oc- 
cujded in Scptemljcr, 1874. The 
})uilding is nuvde of luick, tAvo stories 
high, lUx.OO feet, with spacious dormi- 



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tories. recitation and study rooms, 
and a long wing to the rear for refec- 
tories, kitchen, etc. The Iniikling is 
very sul)stantial, admirably ventilated 
and atFords every acoommodatiou that 
can be desired. The institution was 
chartered by the legislature of Texas 
in 1875, Avitli the right of conferring 
the collegiate degrees. It is situated 
in the healthiest portion of the city, 
on rising ground, overlooking it; and 
it is surrounded by spacious grounds, 
which are divided ofl' into Avalks, play 
grounds and gardens, atfording every 
i'aciltiy for invigorating exercises. 

WACO SEV.ECT SCHOOL. 

Under the management of Prof. F. 
P. Maddin, assisted by his accom- 
plished Avife. Professor iNIaddin is 
one of the most eminent educators in 
Texas. He has taught in Waco for 
more than a quarter of a century with 
eminent success. 

THE KINDERGARTEX 

is under the managenunit of the 
Misses Carrol. It is, as its name indi- 
cates, for cJiildren , of tender years. 
We hesitate not to say that no school 
of the kind is better conducted than 
this. Tlie little ones are deliglited — 
entertained as Avell as properly in- 
structed. 



WACO BUSINESS COLLEGE. 

This institution is under the man- 
agement of Prof. E. 11. Hill. It offers 
every facility tM persons of either sex 
to obtain a thorough business educa- 
tion in every department of a com- 
plete commercial education. The 
rooms are admirably titted up for the 
purpose of practically demonsti'ating 
the various commercial pursuits, such 
as banking, insurance, real estate, rail- 
roading, post office, and mercantile in 
all its departments. When a young 
man or young lady graduates at this 
institution he or she is thoroughly 
and practically qualified to take 
charge of a set of books in anv })ranch 
of business. 

PAXIL QUINN COLLEGE 

is an institution reflecting great credit 
on the colored people of the African 
M. E. Cluirch, Avhose property it is. 
It is under the presidency of Cishop 
K. H. Cain, I). D., a man of scholarly 
attainments and ample educational ex- 
perience. The building is situated in 
East Waco. It is a handsome and 
commodious tAA^o story brick structure, 
the first of a series to be added to it 
in tlie near future, and when com- 
pleted it Mill be one of the handsom- 
est educational structures in the citv. 




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RAILROADS CENTERING 

AT WACO. 
^ % 

"Waco now has the best street rail- 
way facilities of any city in the state 
except Jloiiston. \\'e also have two 
.conii)eting' lines of steaui railways to 
(Jalveston, two to New Orleans, three 
to St. Jvouis. New York and the lOast. 
one to California, and two l<i South- 
west Texas, and eventually to Mexico. 
Waco needs but two niori' lines ol' 
road to place her in the most envial)le 
])<>sition in this respect ofany interior 
city in the country; and. considerinsi- 
the reniarl<al)le advanl.'ijj-es of these 
lines, we cannot doul^t but they will 
be constructed at an early day. One 
is a line runninji,- due east and west, 
tin? east line tenuinatiny at New Or- 
leans, the o;reat nu'tropolis of the 
south, and the west line eonnectinj^ 
with the Texas Paeitic Avest of ns; 
thus ])assin.<i- throu<>h the sujifar and 
rice rejrions of Jjouisiana, the niajiniti- 
cent |)ineri(^s of Ivist Texas, the sjjlen- 
did cotton rejrion of Central Texas, 
the Avlieat and frrain reirion of East. 
Centra! ami West Texas, and the stock 
re<rion of the extrcnu" west. It would 
furnish the shortest and most direct 
line tVoMi the racilic to New Orleans 
throu;rli a ]»roductiv(> ;ind heavily pop- 
ula)"d co\in1ry the entire distance. 
and coiinectinj;- all tlie j^n>at diversi- 
tiod interests that are compelled to 
interchaujj^e tluMr products. The other 
line? is one running:- nejjrly north and 
south, from the mouth of the Ura/.os 
river, throuiih \Vaco to some ])oint 
north or northwest of ns. thus passintr 
through the valleys of the Brazos. 
Colorado and Guadaloupe rivers, 
throujrh the tinest cotton country of 
Texas. Two linndred miles south of 
ns woidd connect the J'almer-Sullivan 
cond)ination Mith the Texas and St. 
J^-ouis (lunbination of narrow j^uiiufe 
roads. The advantages of this line 
over ajiy other iJrojected Mexican 
route are that it ru!is ihrouo-h the best 
cotton i)roducing counli(>s of vhe state, 
and the ngricultural belt on this line 



extends nearer to the Kio Grande than 
upon any other; it woidd also have 
the heaviest population to su])port it 
of any other line, and, in addition 
would present fewer ditticulties to 
construction, avoiding as it does the 
heavy rock work and high tressels of 
tiu' lines to the right and the low. Hat. 
'indrained and submerged routes on 
the left. The grades would be easy, 
the facilitie-. for securing tics along 
the entire line am])le. aiul the bridg- 
ing much lighter than on either of the 
other routes. Such advantages render 
it improljable that these routes should 
remain long without railways, and no- 
where can enterprise tind a more in- 
viting tield, or capital more certain 
and larger returns. 

The Waco Division of the North- 
western IJranch of the 

HOI ;sTON AM) TICXAS CKNTKAI,. 

from Ureniond, on the main line to 
lloss by way of Waco. 59 miles in 
length, was completed in 1S7(3, and 
may be considered practically as part 
and parcel of the Texas Central, whidi 
is now extended and comjihMed from 
Ross to Albany, and it will eventually 
l)e extended in the direction of the 
Panhandle. EiMigth of the combini-d 
line, from Ilreuiond to Albany, '2V2 
miles. Like other ])ortions of the 
Central, the route is through one of 
the nu)st fertile tracts of country in 
this latitude; it follows the incompar- 
able rich alluvium of tlie IJr.-izos bot- 
tom northwesterly as far as Whiliu"\, 
thence nearly due„west to a junction 
with the 'JVxas J'acilic at Cisco. 'l'hi> 
road, in reality is, in conjunction with 
the Texas racilic. a continuous line 
from the Pa«itic to the Texas Gulf 
Coast. Counties occupied by the 
comphded jiortion of this brandi are 
Falls. Mcl>ennan. Jlill. Boscpie. ilam- 
ilton, Erath. Comaiu-he and Eastland, 
with an aggregate i)opulation of over 
100.000. having increased 60.000 since 
b'^70 and the l)uilding of the road. 
Total taxable wealth in bS70 was 
S;r),t0H.0O(); now .fC^O.OOO.OOO in round 
numbers. In ad<litioi! to this the rain- 
fall is better and seasons more relia- 
ble than at points farther west. The 



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avei'tige yield, pei* acre, on all soils, 
is three-quarters to oue bale of cotton; 
wJieat, 14 to 80 bushels; rve, 40 to 65; 
barley, 45 to «5; oats, 60 to 100; corn, 
25 to 50; millet, two and a half tons. 
Improved lands can be had at from 
$3 to $25, the highest price being- river 
bottom; good unimproved ranges 
from 75 cents up to $12. 

THK MISSOURI PACIFIC # 

traverses the county nearly north and 
south, connecting- with the Texas Fa- 
citic at Fort Worth and the Juterna- 
tional at Taylor, thus aft'ording through 
travel south to Jjurcdo, on the IMo 
Urande, where connection is had with 
the Mexican National, which is now 
comi)leted to Monterey, and north 
Avith at. Lovus. via either Denison, 
through the Indian Territory, or over 
the Transcontinental and Iron j\loun- 
tain via Texarkann. Tliis road and 



its connections pass through some oi 
the richest and most populous coun- 
ties in the state. 

THE TEXAS AND ST. LOUIS 

is now completed from Cairo to (iates- 
ville, Texas, a growing city 40 miles 
west of Waco, it passes almost from 
east to west through the centre of the 
county, it ta])s one of the finest lum- 
l)er regions, east of us, iu the state, 
and passes through the main Avheat 
raising- sectioji of 1 lie state as Avell as 
cotton country. This road will ulti- 
mately be puslied forward from (.lates- 
ville to some point on the Kio (irande 
near Eagle Tass, and a Ijranch road is 
also to ue built from l^eon junction, 
thirty miles west of Waco, through 
Lampasas tSp rings aud on to the liio 
Grraude, both branches connecting 
with other roads to be built iu the 
Republic of Mexico. 



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Those wlio want a home in a new 
country, on a new line, just opened 
up for onnnijiration, can get prices 
thsit will surprise auil please them ])y 
applying- to tlie otticials of the road. 
On the eveniuo- of the second and 
fourth Tuesdays of each month, coni- 
meucing September 9, 1.S84, a grand 
liomeseekers' excursion train will 
leave at 7 p. m. from Union Depot in 
St. Louis, and leave Cairo at 12:3U 
same evening, via the popular •'Cot- 
ton Belt Ivoute," Texas & St. Lotus 
li'y., for the following land points in 
Arkansas and Texas : froldniau. Little 
Uock, Texarkana, Tvler, Corsicana. 
[McGregor, Waco, Dallas, Fort Worth, 
Albany Lampasas, Houston, (ialves- 
ton and San Antonio. Now is tlu; 
time to go and 'f^'itness the immense 
crops in Arkansas and Texas being 
harvested, and secure a home while 
the choice lands are cheap. IJemeiu- 
ber, by this popular line you will only 
have one change of cars (and that 
change in Union depot) from starting 
point to any place of importance in 
xVrkansas and Texas. 

Round Trip Tickets now on sale at 
lowest rates ever ottered, with sto])- 
over privileges. For further particu- 
lars apply to your nearest Coupon 
Ticket Agent. 

[Missouri! Arkansas! Texas! vast, 
graiid and varied, ea(-h is a iwoviucial 
kingdom, wherein all the people now 
in the United States might easily be 
gathered and supported from the ricli 
soils, and yet have room and food to 
spare. The "Cotton Belt itoute"' has 
opened to the world the richest, most 
attractive, and fertile sections of 
these States. 

Fkuits. — It nuiy be asserted, in 
strongest terms, that this railway tra- 
verses the fruit orchard or garden of 
the continent. 

(tAKDex Veoetakler. — Without 
undertaking to sjtecify any particular 
fj'rop, we merely assert tne broad, 
sweeping fact, that anything and eve- 
I'vthiug of vegetables that grows is 
produced anywhere along this line, 
best in quality, most prolitic in quan- 
tity, and two and three crojjs each 



year taken from the same jjiece of 
ground ! Thus, you see, obtaining 
those ])rotitable, fancy high prices of 
the (iarliest and latest crops of each 
year, an easy and sure income can al- 
ways be depended on from the gard- 
ens here, and a little garden or fruit 
]iatch is as certain as a bank for a sure 
income. 

TurKER. — l^o any one who has once 
traversed this region no argument on 
this topic would be necessary ; for 
the traveller woidd unite Avith us in 
asserting this railway opens up the 
grandest and greatest timber region 
ou the continent. Nowhere does the 
timber growth produce more and bet- 
ter trees to the acre desirable for man- 
ufacturing purposes. 

Field Crain and Ckoi's.— 'Ihe 
best wheat yield per acre in Iowa, 
Minnesota or wintry Dakota is excell- 
ed by the farms of this railway. The 
best cotton yield of anywhere in the 
South is excelled on this railway. The 
best corn crop raised in Illinois is 
equaled on the farms of this railwa>'. 
The best crop of potatoes iu Michigan 
or Colorado is equaled in this rail- 
way regi<m. Tlie yield and quality of 
tobacco tiiat grows here rival the best 
in AHrginia. Sugar-cane, beets and 
sorghum for sugar lu'oducts are grown 
inmost protital)le ease and abundance, 
iu properly selected localities on this 
i-ailway. Nowhere do all the best va- 
rieties of grasses do better than in 
Arkansas, and they are the most abun- 
dant, nutritious, and never failing of 
any iuany region in America. 

Ceimate AM) Heaeth. -The sum- 
mers are moderate, much resembling 
the similar seasons in the latitude of 
New York, Ohio and Illinois. The fall 
season, say from September 20, to 
January 1, is simply delightful, and 
better climate or pleasanter weather 
cannot be found or desired than pre- 
vails in those months in these regions. 
The winters are as mild and open as 
November in New York and Ohio 
latitudes, with occasionally a slight 
frost or slight Hurry of snow that may 
perhaps remain on the ground a few 
hours. The rainy season of February; 



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March aud early April, is merely a 

season of average raiu showers that 

are of great benelit to the soil. 

For maps, time ' tables, rates, and 

other inifornxation relating to the line, 

write to or call upon 

John K. Hogan, 

Northern Pass. Ag"t T. & St. L. IVy., 
Peru. Indiana. 

A. A. Sack, 
North J^astern Pas, Ag't. T. & St. L. 
K'y, 249 West P'ourth St., Cincin- 
nati. Ohio. 

J. S. Lkith, 

Southern Passenger Ag't., T. & St. 
L. H'y.. 3 Noel Block, Church st. 
Nashville, Tennessee. 

Jno. H. Jack, Gen'l Trav. Agent; 
Peru. Indiana. 

AV. P. Woodward, Receiver and Gen- 
eral ^Manager. 

C. A. SuKiiDox, General Passenger 
Agent, 25 South Fourth street, St, 
Louis, Missouri. 



WACO MANUFACTORIES. 



The net work of railways extending 
in every direction from Waco, with 
others to be built in the near future, 
renders Waco one of the most favora- 
ble })oints to try the experiment of 
manufacturing; and yet tbis can 
scarcely be classed as an experiment 
here, for so Avell have our cotton fac- 
tory, seamless bag factory, cotton seed 
oil mills, cotton compresses. Jlouriug 
mills, ice factories, planing nulls, sash 
aud door manufactory, stirrup factory, 
carriage manufactories, plow factory, 
foundries, woolen mills, and other en- 
terprises succeeded, that the problem 
may be said to be solved, so far as 
Waco is concerned. We heartily rec- 
ommend this locality as being espec- 
ially ada])ted for the location of both 
pajier and woolen mills, as all the raw 
material necessary to keep them in 
constant oi)eration can be secured at 
all seasons of the year. AVe now have 
one of the largest woolen mills in tlie 
world in successful operation, aud 
there can be no doubt but a paper 



mill could be made to pay large divi- 
dends on the capital invested. 

As an evidence of the fact that all 
kinds of manufacturing indus- 
tries succeed in this locality, we 
will sim))ly state that those already 
established are in successful operation 
and are able to declare handsome div- 
idends. The advantages oifered here 
for manufacturing i)urposes are: Fa- 
cilities for secui'ing raw material aud 
distributing the manufactured goods; 
the cheapest of fuel, tire-wood being 
abundant, and being in easy access to 
the coal mines of tlie Indian Nation 
via the Missouri Pacitic railway, and 
the recently developed mines of Fast- 
land county via the Texas Central. 
But in 

THE RIO BRAZOB DK DECS, 

which, interpreted into the P^nglish 
tongue.' means "The river of the very 
arms of God." we have an engine 
which, when controlled aud directed 
by the hand of ca])ital and skill, will 
furnish a poAver, subject to no block- 
ades of ice or snow, which will run 
10,t)00 spindles, looms and lathes, inde 
pendent of fuel and steam. This 
stream, which has an average Avidth 
of ■47.') feet, flows through the heart of 
the city, is spanned by three hamlsome 
bridges, has a rapid fall and jiowerful 
current, and there is no better open- 
ing for capital than to convert it to 
industrial purposes. 

SLAYDKN-KIRKSEV WOOLEN MILLS. 

The above named mills have been 
erected regardless of expense, and it 
combines all the modern imjjrove- 
ments existing in any mill, and they 
are prepared to turn out as good 
work and at as Ioav price as any mill 
in the I'nited States, They bought 
the best, most modern machinery they 
could tiud, and got Mr. James E. Mc- 
Crady. of Philadelphia, who rejjre- 
sents the Jauu's Sniitli Woolen Ma- 
chiiuu'y Company at all tbe Kxi)t)si- 
tions in the I'nited States in exliihit- 
iug their machinery, to sui)(>riutend 
the erection of their mills, and wlu'ii 
it is said not one yard of gooils was 
lost, it is sufticient to show that, when 



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Mr. McCrady gave the word to turn 
tlie wheels, fill was ready. The mill is 
now running on full time, and its 
products are giving satisfaction to 
producer and consumer. 



R5PRESENTATIVE MEN 
OF WACO: 



BRIEF PERSONAL MENTION 



Waco is remarkable for the number 
of her tirst-class business men, men of 
public enterprise and push, to whom, 
in a great measure, is tlue the rapid 
groAvth and i)rosperity of Waco. We 
have not room for more than a brief 
mention of a few : 

Mr. Peter McClelland, senior, is one 
of the oldest citizens of the county. 
He came to Waco in 1853. He began 
his labors in "NVaco village.'' as it was 
then kno\^'n. with a capital of aboiat 
$300. To-da>' he is worth about one 
million dollars. He is the President 
of the State Central Bank. His in- 
come per month on real estate 
amounts to about $4,000. He has con- 
tributed largely of his means to build 
up AV'aco. A man of broad views and 
pra«tical good sense. 

J. W. .Maun, the President of the 
Waco ]S'atioual Bank, is an excellent 
gentleman, a man of good judgment 
and an enunent tiuancier. He is one 
of the largest real estate oAvners in the 
county. He is comparatively a yonng 
man, not yet forty years of age. He 
came to Waco, before the war. a pen- 
niless boy. and he has made his for- 
tune by the shere force of his oavu 
character. 

Hon. E. A. Sturgis, ex-Mayor of 
AVaco, is another one of the large 
real estate owners in the city. lie 
made his money in AVaco. lie was 
for many years "a leading dry goods' 
merchant of this city. 

Mr. Wm. Cameron, the President of 
the Citizens' National Bank of AYaco, 



began life a poor boy. IFe is yet in 
the ])rime of life, not over forty-tive. 
He is. perhaps, the wealthiest man in 
the confttv. He made his money in 
the lumber business. He is knoAvn as 
"'I'he Lund>er King" of Texas. His 
headquarters are at AVaco with large 
lumber vards at AVaco, San Antonio, 
tratesville, Hico, Dublin, Cleburne, 
Temple, I.ampasas and Brownwood, 
besides, yards at a number of other 
towns of" less importance. He is also 
a member of the large wholesale gro- 
cerv and drug house of Cameron, Cas- 
tles & Storev, and of the hardv,'are 
firm of Ho'rsful & Cameron, Mr. 
Cameron is one of the most public 
sj)irited men in Waco. His name usu- 
allv heads the list of any enterprise 
calculated to advance the interests of 
Waco and this section of country. 

Major George B. Erath is one of the 
oldest settlers in the county. He is 
now a resident of AVaco. but for many 
years he was a successtul farmer and 
stock raiser. He may justly be called 
the? founder of Waco. He laid out 
the citv in 1849. For many years 
Alaj. Erath represented this district 
in the Senate of Texas, and previously 
was Senator in the Republic of Texas. 
He has also fought many battles with 
the Indians. To him. as much as to 
an\- one man in Texas, now living, is 
due the civilization which we now en- 
joy. We present his portrait in this 
pamphlet. ' , 

Hon. l^ichard Coke is one ot the 
ef.rlv settlers in AVaco. having emigra- 
ted ' here from A^irginia soon 
after his graduation in 1852. and for 
years was a successful and leading 
iawver of Texas. He was twice 
elected Governor of Texas. He is 
now one of the United States Sena- 
tors from Texas. He has a national 
reputation. He is one of the most 
braiuv men in the senate. 

Kev. Kufus C. Burleson is one of 
the oldest living educators in Texas. 
He is now and has been for more than 
a quarter of a century, the honored 
President of AVaco University. He is 
now at the head of the largest and 
most popular educational institutions 



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in Texas. We present the portrait of 
this distinguished gentleman in this 
issue of the Guide. 

Mr. W. H. Grider is the proprietor 
of two large cotton seed oil mills, one 
of thorn located in AV'aco and the other 
in East Waco. They are the largest 
mills in the state, and they are justly 
the pride of AVaco, as tliey are among 
her leading manufacturiuginstitut ions. 
Mr. G. is a man of broad and pro^res- 
ive views and ever ready to heli) along 
every public enterprise. 

Mr. Mike Guinan, of the tirm of 
Eaton «fc Guinan. wholesale grocery 
and produce dealers of Waco, is an 
example of what ability and energy 
can do in Texas even without capital. 
Mr. Guinan is a native of Canada and 
came here a few years ago to seek his 
fortune. He found a situation as an 
humble clerk in a bakery, soon after a 
clerkship in a grocery house and then 
as a traveling salesman. He is to-day 
partner in a wholesale house doing an 
immense business. Guinan possesses 
line business ability, but his indefati- 
gable industry is the striking part in 
his character. He is business all the 
way through from the time his eyes 
are opened in the morning till they 
are closed at night. Mr. 
(iuinan is a member of the Executive 
Committee of tiie Waco Immigration 
{Society. To him, Mr. W. D. Lacy and 
Sandford Johnson, the other two 
members of the Committee, is due the 
publication and dissemination of 
20,000 copies of this pamphlet. 

Among our Avholesale merchants we 
mention the dry goods tirm of Ees- 
sing, Solomon & Co. This tirm does 
a Avholesale business secontl to none 
in the state. Each member of the 
lirm are noted for their public spirit 
and taking hold of every enteri)rise 
calculated to advance the interest of 
this section of country. 

Mr. Ed. liotan, President of the 
Street Car Company, Vice-President 
of the Citizens' (Waco) National Bank, 

and a member of the lirm of Kellum 
& Potan, is another evidence ofAvhat 

l)rain, energy and pluck can do. The 

writer kucAV Mr. liotan about twelve 



years ago, when he first came to AVaco, 
a young man just out of college, and 
with no capital except that above enu- 
merated, brain and energy. He en- 
gaged for one year in teaching and 
subsequently as a clerk witli Mr. Kel- 
lum, his present jjartner. His busi- 
ness qualities so commended him to 
Mr. Kellum that in a short time- he 
Avas admitted as a full i)artner, and to- 
day there is not a grocery house in 
Central Texas Avhich does the amount 
of business that floes the Avholesale 
grocery lirm of Kellum & Potan. 

Mr. \V. I). I^acy, proprietor of the 
AVaco Compress, is a gentleman of 
great force of character, energetic and 
public spirited. He is untiring in his 
devotion to the public institutions and 
to public measures calculated to ad- 
vance the interests of the community 
in Avhich he Ua'cs. He is a leading 
business man of Waco, a young man, 
not yet thirty-liA'e years old, but Avho, 
by his OAvn energy and perseverence, 
has amassed a comfortable fortune. 

Col. W. A. Taylor is the I'resident 
of the proposed Texas Midland Pail- 
Avay. The survey has been made, and 
the road Avill be built from AVaco to 
Palestine in the near future. Col. 
Taylor is also the principal owner of 
the AVaco Cotton Mills. He is a man 
of large fortune, Avhich he has amassed 
by his oAvn energy since the Avar. He 
is an open hearted, open handed, pub- 
lic spirited gentleman. 

Mr. Sandford Johnson is another 
of the representative men of AVaco, 
Avho has auuissed a comfortable for- 
tune in AVaco Avithin the ])ast ten 
years, principally in the beef and cat- 
tle business, ills latest venture is 
a magnificent Driving Park, adjacent 
to the city, Avhich is one of the tiue^t 
in the South and valued at $20,000. 
At the last Fourth of -July races in 
this city it dreAV one of the largest 
croAvds ever seen in AVaco. 

Among the leading Avholesale j)ro- 
duce lirms of AVaco is that of Tripis tfc 
Kemcndo. They ilo a very large busi- 
ness throughout Central Texas. Hav- 
ing commenced business in Waco on 
a small capital and grown to their 



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21 



present rank and proportions. They 
are another evidence of what can be 
done in Waco, where one is possessed 
of energy and bnsiness tact. 

Mr. S. T. Mallory is a representative 
of the clotliing- interests of Waco, his 
establishment being one of the largest 
and most complete in Central Texas, 
and the house is the pride of Waco 
and an honor to the man who runs it. 

Mr. T. R. Jordan is one of the rep- 
resentative retail drygoodsmen of 
Waco. lie, like most other of the 
bnsiness men of Waco, has succeeded 
in building uj) a large business from 
a small beginning. 

Mr. W. W. Seley is the cashier of 
the AVaco State Bank. He is a youuo- 
man imder thirty years of age and 
came to this State and city from 
Prairie du 'Chien, Wisconsin, with his 
father, CM. Seley, and their familes in 
1876. The Seley s' brought with them 
ample capital, and -January, 1877, 
opened the Waco State Bank on the 
corner of the Plaza and Austin street, 
the present site of the bank. The 
bank has grown to be one of the very 
strongest and most prosperous banks 
in Central Texas second in business to 
none. The prosperity of father and 
son have been enviable. But it has 
been a prosperity not of blind chance 
or lucky accident; it has grown strong 
on the exercise of qualitications which 
in Texas are always honored. They 
are men of broad and liberal views and 
of scrupulous integrity. In the con- 
duct of the banking busines they have 
shown through seven successive years 
a spirit of accommodation and have 
injected even into business transac- 
tions a suavity which is natural to 
them in their private character. In 
public enterprises they always have 
been for AVaco tirst last and all the 
time, and no movement of progi;pss 
but has met with a hearty response 
from them. Identitied with the 
country in home and possessions,they 
have borne their full share of the bur- 
dens in those undertakings by which 
a city is lifted into prosperity. Mr. 
W. AV'. Seley is what might Avell be 
termed a successful vouug man. His 



tine business tact and ability, his 
suavity of manner and modesty of 
demeanor combined with a generous, 
obliging disposition have made him 
popular in business circles and in 
society, and have been great elements 
in building up both the prosperity of 
the bank and his iirivate fortune in 
outside enterprises. Outside of the 
AVaco State bank both father and son 
are, in addition to several farms and 
valuable city property, the two chief 
owners of one of the finest ranches in 
this section, containing sixteen thous- 
and acres highly improved and which 
with the stock of cattle on it is valued 
at $160,000. Mr. AY. AY. Seley is also 
the sole owner of the great grain ele- 
vator of this city, and the business 
which handles nearly all the grain of 
this section. Both father and son are 
largely interested' in the stock of the 
St. Louis & Texas railroad in which 
C. M. Seley is one of the directors. 
They are both representative men and 
Mr. AY. AY. Seley, a representative 
young Texan. Itis the highest testi- 
monial to the general esteem in which 
they are held to say that in all the 
fence cutting epidemic when there 
seemed to be no discrimination as to 
the just and unjust, that not a single 
Avire of the fences around their great 
ranch was touched by the maddened 
shears. 

The mention of the leading and in- 
fluential citizens of AYaco Avould be 
incomplete Avithout the name of j\Ia- 
jor J. VY. Downs, one of the most ster- 
ling gentleman and liberal citizens. 
AYhen our city Avas yet in its infancy 
and scarce recovered from the shock 
of a bloody Avar that j^rostrated all 
her energies and robbed her of many 
of her most promising sons, Major 
DoAA^ns, embarked .upon the sea of 
journalism Avith a A'ieAV to making- 
known to the Avorld the prospects ancl 
advantages of this section. His tirst 
venture was the Examiner and Pa- 
tron Avhich Avas founded in 1867 and 
this proving successful and being ac- 
corded the warm approbation of the 
l)eople he A'entured further and in 
1870 commenced the imblication of 



22 THE EMlvnGRANT'S GUIDE 

The Daha" Ex'amtnkr. "Wielding- a of tlie city, and liis universal i)0))ii- 
trcuchant i)en, expressing' the most larity will tloubtless secure him lliat 
pronounced sentinients and always position again sliould he olier for it at 
advocating the honored jtrinciples of the close of the present term. 
])ure J)emoerapy he soon |)laced the Dr. NVilkes is a i)rominent Mason 
Examiner in the forpniost rank of in this State. He has tilled all of the 
the papers of the State. Major otHces in the Subordinate I-.odge. 
Downs is one of natures noblemen — Hoyal Arch and (,'liapter. ami we 
brave, honest, courteous, and gener- believe one or two jtositions in the 
ous. he stands as one of ourl)est eiti- (J rand Ltxlge in the >tate. 
zens as justly he should stand. JJt'fore the war Dr. Wilkes atliliated 

Dr. Wilkes is the Mayor of the city with the Whig party, but since that, 
of Waco. Jle is among the most (lis- with the Democracy. He is a promi- 
tinguished citizens of Waco. Jle im- neiit man in his paity, anil were he 
migratetl to Waco from Cornersville. an (trtice seeker might till any jjosition 
Tenn.. in 18G8. He was born in .Mis- in the gift of the ])eoi»le. any of which 
sissippi in lf<;38. His father died when he would grace and which he would 
lie was about one year old. when his be fully competent to till, 
mother moved to (Jornersville. Tenn.. Col. It. IJ. I'arrolt a\ as born in New 
where Dr. Wilkes was raised. His Glasgow. \'irginia. October IGth.. 1S4H. 
mother was one of the noblest women and was rean-d in N'irginia. Jle eu- 
of Tennessee. She'early instilled into joyed, during his boyhood, a liberal 
the mind and heart of her son those "education. He was during: his youth, 
noble iiualities for t\hich he is distiu- elected ("a))lain of a comj)auy of mi- 
jCuisluHl in this community. litia. and at the beginning of the civil 

Dr. Wilkes grailuated in medicine war ollereil his services to his country 
at the Nashville College. Tenn., in which were declined, on account ot 
IH.'i.'i. He i)ractice(l meilicine in his his extrenu' youth, upon which he en- 
native village and at .Mooresviiie, an tereil the liiiversity of \'irginia. ami 
adjacent town, until the beginning of completed his education. In ]M:i he 
tlie Avar, which he entered as a i)rivate. graduated at the I'niversity aiid 
Jle was soon elected to the i'a]>- entered the Confederate army under 
taincy of his compaii\ . sub^ecjuently the comunuid of Colonel Mosby. and 
l^ieutenaut-Colonel and liually Colonel servtrd his country faithfully until the 
of his regimiMit. In each case he was close of the war. Soon a Iter entering 
elected by the unanimous voice of the the army he was made Lieutenant and 
men he commanded and not by reason then Captain. He came to Texas soon 
of being in the line of i)romotion. after the close of the war, and landeil 

As a citizen of Waco he has, from in Waco, without nuMins and ;in ab>o- 
the time of his residence here, occu- lute stranger. He had. however, en- 
pied a prominent i)osition a> one of ergy, earnestness and ambition, and 
the leading physicians ofthe city and procured employment as anin.-«urance 
])rominent in political and social cir- solicitor. In this subordinate capac- 
cles, Jle is an accomplished and ity his industry and aliiiity soon be- 
polished gentleman of commanding gan to uud<e him fame among life in- 
ai)i)earance and a linished scholar, surance companies, and he was given 
As an orator he is i)oi)ular and pleas- the highest i)o,ition in that branch of 
ing: in his address. On niost public i)usiness. the State or gen<'ral agencv. 
occasions, where the services of such His coursein that jtosition was uuirked 
a man is needed. Dr. Wilkes is usely by such ability and sagacity.that life in- 
called ui)on. He is a jjolished and surance in Texas received a new impe- 
l)ithy writer and enjoys (|uite a repu- tus. He was commissioned colonel 
tation in that line. of amalitia regiment under ( iovernor 

He has twice served as a iiMMnber of Uoberts" administration. Col. I'ur- 
the City Council, and he is now flavor ^ rott's services became a thing of rlv- 



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23 



ali'v among the large insurance com- 
l)anies of the United States. 
While serving several years as 
State agent for two or more 
companies with unprecedented suc- 
oess and eminent proiit, his servi- 
ces were eagerly sought and well paid, 
his active mind was steadily busied 
with the subject of his business, a 
comparison of systems and with plans 
and projects for a new and better sys- 
tem which should be perfectly safe 
and less onerous on the beneficiaries. 
The result was the abandonment of 
the old time life company system and 
the inauguration of the Texas Benev- 
olent Association ; an association of 
which he is now general manager, 
and to which his entire attention ati({ 
purpose is devoted. The Texas Be- 
nevolent Association is the life work 
of a master mind, and its history is 
one of unprecedented success. It is 
after less than two years of experi- 
ment a great institution with a great 
membership, and the endorsement of 
a State. The life of Col. Jl. B. Tarrott 
may safely be said to have been a suc- 
cessful one. He is now a man' of 
ample means, respected as a man and 
honored by the people in their sov- 
ereign capacity. Out of nothing he 
has ibuilt up an enviable career, in a 
State Avhere men are chary of apro- 
bation except for eminent qualities, 
but are geuerotis in the honor they 
pay to true worth. Col. Parrott is of 
middle age ; in stattite and physique, 
a tine type of manhood; m disposition, 
sincere and open handed; in business, 
of broad views, a backer of every 
public enterprise and in manners, of 
remarkable attability. 

Major A. Jlinchman is one of the 
most active and energetic of the busi- 
ness men of Waco. He is a member 
of the City Council and is ahvays 
foremost in every enterprise looking 
to the growth and prosperity of the 
city. He is one of the largest dealers 
in machinery anil agricultural imple- 
ments in the State. 

^Ir. Trav. F. Jones is the local ticket 
and passenger agent of the Missouri 
Pacitic Railway at AVaco, and has filled 



I that position since the completion of 
j the road to this jioint in 1880. He is 
[ one of the most.Avidely known and 
I popular railroad men in Texas, always 
; polite, courteous and attentive in fur- 
nishing information and rendering 
all assistance in his jjower to travel- 
lers. His office is in the Pacific Hotel 
Block, on Fourth street, and all par- 
ties Avho desire information as to 
rates, routes, connections, etc., can 
consult him or communicate Avith him 
there and be assured they will receive 
prompt and reliable information. No 
man in the State is better posted on 
railroad matters. Mr. Jones has been 
connected with the railway passenger 
business since the first locomotive 
blew its whistle in the city of Waco 
and has achieved a splendid reputa- 
tion, 

Mr. Henry J. Caufield, in 18.52, cast 
his fortunes in McLennan county, and 
commencing with but small means 
and an unlimited amount of energy 
and vim, is recognized to-day as one 
of the leading Avealthy cattle men of 
the State. His efforts have met with 
splendid success, and by his genial 
manner and generous, fair dealing he 
has won for himself an enviable place 
in the estimation of his fellow citizens. 
He is one of the wealthiest citizens of 
this county and one of the most rep- 
resentative men. His vast interests 
are closely attended to, and naught 
which sound reason can suggest or un- 
tiring industry accomplisli is left un- 
done to pi'omote the welfare and 
progress of the place of his adoption. 
Had McLennan more men of Mr. 
Caufield's stamp it would benefit her 
the more. 

Downs & Fort, a firm composed of 
Charles M. Downs and Walter V. 
Fort, occupy a place in the first rank 
of business men in Waco. They are 
insurance men, representing the most 
reliable, long established and Avealthi- 
est insurance companies doing busi- 
ness in AVaco. They are young men, 
both native Texans and reareil in 
McLennan county, fully identified 
with her interests and zealous in the 
promotion of her prosperity. They 



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have boon onofajrort in tlio insurance 
Itiisinoss sevoral yoar.s and havo tho 
fiillo.sl fonJldcnfo (♦f all -with Avlioni 
tlioy have had doalinufs. In tlirir busi- 
ness they are ])r()nii)t, aeciirate and 
.polilo. lookinjr strictly to the interests 
both of tlie coni{)anies they represent 
and those who insure ^vith them. 
They are two of the i)ronusin}i" youu" 
men who at no distant day are to i)lay 
an important ]tart in the advanceinent 
of Waco. They richly deserve 
.success. 

Messrs. W. P. :\Iar1in ct l?ro.. of this 
city, are amontr oui* lcadin<»- nu'rchants 
and in tlieir line, furniture, stand un- 
surpassed. For many years they Jiave 
conducted the business of deaiin»r iu 



furniture, carpets, etc.. in Waco and 
have won for tlu-mselves a ]topularity 
and patronag'e tliat iwove their value 
as citizens. At the befiinninfr of the 
present year, Jindinii' tlieir old cjuar- 
ters too snudl and (•r(»wded for tlieir 
orowin;; business, they moved their 
iuinu'nse stock into tho new and 
lianilsome two-story, double stores 
erected by .Senator C(»ke and Mr. 
Caruthers. at the corner of Austin 
and Fifth streets, where they n(»w are. 
Their stock is of the l)est. and is 
neatly and tastily arranired. These 
<:-entleiueu are attentive to business, 
(•(uirtcdus and fair with their patrons, 
and so tind their lividc ever incrcasinjr 
and improving. 




WACO {STATE BA^'K. 



TO WACO AND McLENNAN COUNTY. 



25 



TRADE REVIEW 



0^ WACO, FROM SEPTEMBER i, 
1883, ro SEPTEMBER 1, 1884. 



While it is not to be disguised that 
the present business outlook is a little 
gloomy, resulting from the prolonged 
drouth which has prevailed in this 
county for the past seven weeks, yet 
a careful investigation of the trade of 
the city for the year ending September 
1, evinces a remarkable degree of ac- 
tivity and prosperity which is en- 
couraging, as is shown by the statis- 
tics given below. 

The past year has been a remarkable 
one in many respects. In the spring 
the country was tlooded with rains 
Avhich retarded farm work of all 
kinds and in consequence the cotton 
was much later in getting planted and 
therefore it has suflered from the 
usual drouth more than it otherwise 
Avould. Corn, wheat, oats, and other 
small grain, was raised in abundance. 
Strange to saj- the very large crop of 
small grain has had 'a depressing eftect 
upon the market, not only the grain 
market, but the supply being so much 
greater than the demand, it has so re- 
duced the price that it has produced 
a corresponding effect upon trade in 
general. 

This, with the short cotton crop 
lias caused a great shrinkage in val- 
ues, and merchants and everybody 
else avH blue. But if we tak.e the cor- 
rect view of the matter, we lind less 
real cause for the apparent panic, 
scarcity of money, and slimness of 
trade, than really exists. 

Tn times like these, tradesmen, like 
people in the midst of an epidemic, 
suffer more from scare than from the 
real causes of the tinancial depression. 
In the ])resent instance we have much 
to encourage us and to restore confi- 
dence and increase trade. As stated 
above, an immense grain crop was 
made. The farmer has jJenty to feed 
his stock, bread his family, raise his 



meat, and to ])lant and make another 
crop. He is, as a rule, free from debt. 
The cotton crop, while not a fair av- 
erage, will yet amount to more than 
a half cro]). The farmer and ])lanter 
will be able to pick it with but little 
extra help. Being able to gatlier it at 
a less cost than if he made a full crop, 
and getting a better price for it, he 
realizes in the end, nearly as much 
net cash as he would on a full crop. 
As the cotton season advances, times 
will naturally liven up ; grain will 
command a better price, confidence 
will be, in a measure, 

restored and by Christmas or sooner 
tinancial matters will resume their 
normal state, and we can then look 
back on these su])posed perilous times 
and see that there was less cause for 
the present panic than really existed. 

WACO AS A COTTON MARKET. 

In this Market cotton brings a l)et- 
ter price than in any interior town in 
Texas. The cotton receipts of Waco 
liaA'e in former years reached as high 
as 60 thousand bales; but that was be- 
fore the advent of railways, which 
have since cut off a large amount of 
our wagon trade, and consequently 
cotton receipts. The receipts of cot- 
ton at this place last year were more 
than 32,000 bag*, but as part of this 
was dumped by the railways to be 
compressed and reshipped we give, in 
our report below, only the actual re- 
ceipts — the number of bales bought 
and sold here. The following is tlie 
cotton, grain, and other 

RECEIPTS FOR THE YEAR EXDING SEP- 
TEMBER 1st. 1884. 

Cotton received and shipped, bags 20,038 

Cotton on hand September 1, bags lf>8 

Oat;, bushels shipped 520.000 

Oats, bushels on hand 00,000 

Wheat, bushels shipped 270.000 

Wheat, bushels on hand 40,000 

Hides, pounds shipped 720,000 

Hides, pounds on hand 21,000 

Wool, pounds shipped 725,000 

Wool pounds on hand as follows; 

In Woolen Mills 175,000 

In Ware houses 50,000 

Cattle shipped 9,500 

Horses shipped 1,500 

WACO AS A WOOJj MARKI-rr. 

Of late years Waco has steadily 



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gainod as a wool niarkot, both in the 
(|iiantity roceived and in prices paid. 
It coiniiiands (he liighest prices here 
of any town in the State. Tlie fact 
that wool growers have been 
able to obtain more for their 
Avool here than in other 
markets, has induced a larg'er trade in 
that line than would naturally have 
found its way here. Eastern buyers 
have kept their agents here, and as 
shipments can l)e made from Waco on 
as favorable terms as from any otlier 
]»oint in the State, they have been able 
to ])ay good j)rices. The wool buyers 
of this ]»lace have been content with 
small profits, and therefore they have 
uniformally i)aid the very highest mar- 
ket values for wool. The i)rlncii)al 
wool dealers of the city are (i. H. llau- 
<lle it Co. Dr. Kandle is one of the 
most experienced avooI dealers in the 
State. To the liberality of this tirm, 
as much as to any othsr one cause is 
due the fact that wool men have ob- 
tained better i)rices for their wool 
hei-e liian elsewhere. As a 

• CORN AM) OTHKK GKAIX 

market AVaco will compare witli any 
other in the State. It is as- 
serted ])y AVaco grain men that they 
pay more for grain thaji any other in- 
terior town in Texas. M. N. Pahner is 
among the leading grain men. He is 
locateil on the coiner of Eighth and 
Franklin. Farmers having grain to 
sell would do well to call on liim. 

After a thorough canvass of the city 
among tradesmen of all classes, the 
KxAMixKH is enabh'd to ](resent the 
lullowing gratifying ligures, which 
are ai)proxi)iiately correct, showing 
the trade of Waco, wholesah;, retail 
and agricultural, from September 1, 
imn, to September 1, 1H84. 

THK WH(niK.SAl.K TRADK. 

CJrooexios S2.r)40,(K)0 

Dry Goods, I,.i7.'>,ot)o 

('i«ar.s and Tobacco, :!7.(khi 

DruKs .'{.s.iKHH) 

Si'wing Machines, liSAKH) 

hiqllurs .'it'.ll./HIO 

llnnu'ss and Saddlerv -JKLlKK) 

Other Wholesale Trafles, IfrJ.tXK) 

Total Wholesale Trade, ^j.'i'iL*, JOO ' 



RETAIL TRADK. 

Groceries 

Dry Goods 

Driigs, 

Jewelers 

Liquors 

Sash, Doors and Shingles 

Brick Sales, 

( 'ifjars and Tobacco, 

SewiiigMachlnos, 

Lumber, Rough and Dressed, 

Boots and Shoes 

Harness and Saddles, 

Books and Stationery, 

A grlculturel Implements, 

Furniture 

Butchers' Meat Sales, 

Hardware 

Stoves, Tin and House Furnishing 

Goods 

Other Trades, 



$3,810,000 

4,537,500 

560,000 

70,000 

2ft"., 000 

109,:>00 

47.080 

65.000 

54,000 

.020,500 

121,000 

.31,000 

.38,000 

:«0,000 

97,000 

106,500 

275,000 

110,000 
221,000 



Total Retail Trade Sll.091,680 

To this may be added the cotton, 
wool, hide, ami grain sales, and we 
have the following 

SALES FROM AGRK'ULTI'R AL PROnfCTS 

Cotton -. S1.20.".,S20 

Oats ]21,t)00 

Wheat 24S,000 

Barley, 52.500 

Corn, 2.SU.000 

Wool 200,000 

Hiiies, <t9,330 

Cattle 210,000 

Horses, 4.5,000 

Sheep, 7,000 

Hogs, 9.000 

Other Products, , ia5,000 



Total Agricultural Sales §2,012,650 

To sum up the entire trade for the 
year ending September 1st. we have 
the following : 

RECAPITULATION OF SALES. 

Wholesale trade $.'>, 222,500 

Retail trade ll,091,t"KSO 

Agriccltural sales 2,612.r>.)0 

Total sales, all sources $18,926,8:50 

I't'HLIC 1.'\I1'HoVE:MKNTS. 

Notwithstanding tile ])ast year lias 
been, compared Avith other years, a 
dull one, yet the following ligures will 
show that there has l)een more buihi- 
ing and improvements in Waco than 
any year of its history. 

The Waco Uuilding association has 
erected 169 buildiuirs at a total cost of 
>}! 1 OHjB.'iO; the numlier of l)uildings 
erected by other iiarlies 'JIX. at a cost 
of .SSH.'),?'-'.^, makiiiir from Scjitembcr 
1, 1SH;{, to Sei)tember, 1. ISSt, the total 
number of buildings erected ;is7, at an 
aggregate cost of $48^,386. Besides 



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this there are in course of construc- 
tion 16 brick stores and f).'} residences, 



pie we certainly have cause for grati- 
tude to the (river of all ffood. Let us 



the total cost of which will foot up be thaidcful for the blessings we have. 
^97.<52r) when completed. and hopeful for a prosperous and 

These facts and tigures give the liapi)y future, 
most gratifying results, and as a peo- ' 




COL. R. B. PATMU)T1\ INfanager Texas benevolent Association. 



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TOWNS IN Mclennan 

COUNTY. 



T>esides the city of AVaco there are 
a mmi])er of other nourishing towns 
in tliis county of Miiicli we make the 
follow intf brief nientit)n ami to which 
Ave append the names of prominent 
citizens at each place to whom the 
reader can refer for anv information 
or veritication relative to the matter ! church buildiuti-. Methodist Episcopal, 



sired by the immigrant. References: 
-I. C. Nailor. dealer in grain and agri- 
cultural implements; J. L. Fuller, mer- 
chant, and J)ixon Counally. farmer. 

CRAWFORD. 

This is a beautiful little village, 
located on the Santa Fe railway, about 
live miles north of ^fcGregor. It is 
surrounded by a line farnnng country 
antl a thrifty clas.s of farmers. It has 
a number of well-to-do merchants. 
It has a flourishinsf sdiool and a new 



published in this paper. 

MCGREGOR 

is situated eighteen miles south-west 
from Waco, at the junction of the 
Texas and St. Louis (Narrow (iauge) 
and the Santa Fe railways. Mc- 
(iregor is not (piite two years old, but 
•it is the leading town in the county, 
Waco excepted. It has a nund)er of 
business houses, about thirty in all, 
riourinji' nnll. yood hotels, churches 



South, though other denomination.^ 
I hold services in the college building 
I every Sunday. There is a number- 
j one ilouring mill at this ])lace. Jlefer- 
jences: Nichols ilc IJoberson, U. Tad- 
I lock and W. C Wallace, merchants; 
J David McFaddin. C F. liewlev, Col. 
< Phil. Noland, A. F. Herring anil J. II. 
; IJaker, farmers. 

I WEST 

' is the name of a beautifvd little villajre 



and a tlourishing school, also a good ; in the northern portion of the county, 
weeklv paper, the Plaindkai.kr, A. I It 'las churches, schools: is situated in 
D. Ilust, editor and proprietor. It is i a si)lendid farnnng country. , The peo- 
surrounded bv a thrift v class of far- i ple are intelligent and retined ami im- 
u»ers. and the" i)coi)lc of" the town and ' niigrants will tind it one of the most 
adjacent to it are mostlv of the better : ilt'sirable portions of the county in 
chiss of peoi)le,manvof"them wealth v,;^vhich to settle. References: Tom 
retined and educatecl. making the so- r^VPi^t' ini'>'t'l'«"t : ('apt. Bill Jieed and 
cicty excellent and desirable for i»eo- | D- M- Jfuueson, farmers. 
])le who estimate these intluences and, j R()B1n.SOX 

which will hell) them i» the choice of : is located about six miles south of 
a new home. The reader is referred Waco. It has two good schools and 
to the lt)llowing prominent citizens of | three church buildings. IJaptist, Mel h- 
J. Cautu'ld, lartfe:odist and I'resbvterian. It is sur- 



the section. 

ranchman and cattle dealer; Veates tt 
Crain. merchants; Theo. Uland. W. F. 
Christie and Andv Wvnne. farmers. 



rounded with a liuckly settled, well- 
to-do class of farmers. The laud is 
rich and productive. Jieferences: .Mr. 
Joe Robinson and Capt. Wm. Evan.s, 
farmers. 



LORENA 

tlie ^Missouri Pacific railway, 



Moonv 
is a flourishing town, next in impor- j 
tance. six miles south of Mc(iregor, 
on- the Santa Fe railway. It is sur- 
rounded ])y one of the linest farming lu^arly soidh of Waco; anda few miles 
sections in the Stale, 'i'lie soil is not lieyond it are th(> towns of Masters- 
surpassed for wheat and other small ' ville and Fdd>-. Each of these three 
grains, and corn and cotton are the places are growing towns on tlie Mis- 
staples; the soil for these hitler not souri Pacilic railway, located in the 
being excelled, excei)t in the river l)ot- j midst of s])len(lid farmiftg lands, 
tom lands. Every church and school References : at Eorena, C. A. AVest- 
facility is ottered that could be do- 1 brook; Maslersville, Hon. L.N. Bruce, 



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and at Eddy, Jones Connally, There 
are 

OTHER POSTOFFICES 

in the county, viz: Axtell, a station 
on the Texas and St. Louis railway ; 
Geneva, on the Missouri Pacitic rail- 
way; Eoss, on the Texas Central; 
China Springs, Speegleville, Patrick, 
Bosqueville, Elm Mott, Harrison 
Switch and Mart (the last two on the 
Central railway), South Bosque and 
Calindo. References: Axtell, T. J. 
Harper; Geneva, W. F. Thompson; 
lioss, Kev. J. P. Speakman; China 
Springs, H. E. Conger (sheep raiser) 
and Dr. J. H. CaldAvell ; Speegleville, 
Hon. Seth Mills; Patrick, Dr. T. J. 
Womack; Bosqueville, Kirt Eiddle; 
Elm Mott, W. T. Joines; Harrison 
SAvitch, John Shackelford ; Mai't, J. L. 
Caldwell; South Bosque, S.M.John- 
son; Galindo, E. H. Hatch. Most of 
these last named postothces are thriv- 
ing little villages Avith the usual stores 
and other conveniences of small 
towns. 



FACTS FOR IMMIGRANTS. 



We desire to embody in this article 
an answer to the many questions that 
have come to us from all parts of the 
United States and other countries. 
For want of space we must be concise. 
AV'e will suppose that the emigrant 
has his home in the states. To get to 
Texas bythe best and most expeditious 
route depends upon your proximity 
to either of the folloAving cities: St* 
Louis, Memphis or Ncav Orleans. If 
St. Louis, get your ticket to Texas, 
via the Missouri Pacitic Raihvay di- 
rect to Waco, no change of cars. You 
can get through tickets to Austin and 
San Antonio via Waco ; on this route 
you pass through Denison and Fort 
Worth. If Memphis is your starting- 
point, get your tickets to Texarkaua, 
and then by the Texas and St. Louis 
railway direct to AV'aco, about the cen- 
tre of the ftate. If New Orleans is 
your starting point, get your ticket 
"by the New Orleans and Houston and 



Texas Central railway, to Waco; by 
^this route you pass through Houston, 
Southeast and the central part of the 
state. 

BUILDING MATERIAL. 

The very best of rock for fencing, 
lime and building purposes "is to be 
found in this county. Three largo 
brick manufactories are operated in 
this (yty. No better brick is made in 
any country. Brick are put into the 
walls in biiilding in this city, at $10 
per thousand. The best of ash and 
oak timber abounds in the county. 
The railroads connect uS with the 
tinest pineries in the world, and pine 
lumber for building and fencing is 
comparatively cheap ; but for the latter 
purpose only one board to the pannel 
of fence is used ; this, with tAvo strands 
of barbed Avire, renders tlie farm cat- 
tle proof, hogs, sheep and goats not 
being alloAved to run at large. 

THE IMMIGEANTS' QUESTIONS AN- 
SWERED. 

Waco has over 13,000 inhabitants — 
three competing railroads, and is a 
groAving toAvn. Money can be safelv 
invested here at 12 per cent. There 
are several manufacturing enteri)rises 
started here, but room for several 
more. DAvelling houses rent at from 
$7 to $80 per month OAving to conven- 
iences and distance from business. 
Business houses, from $.50 to $1.50 per 
month. The city is beginning to leave 
the Plaza and Main streets, and is 
branching out on side streets. Enter- 
prise will decide the direction it Avill 
take. Good prolitable investments 
could noAV be made in city lots by 
men who have foresight enough to 
guess at the direction business is go- 
ing to take. 

Living in Waco is as cheap as in 
any place in Texas. The soil is good 
for gardens. On a lot 50x165, fruit 
and vegetables enough to supply a 
family can easily be raised; corn usu- 
ally s^ls at 25 cents a bushel. Our 
city laAvs do not prevent families from 
alloAving a coav to run at large. We 
have the advantage of railroads, and 
groceries and all family necessaries 



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are as cheap as can be had in any inte- Texas. We make the folloAvinjr su<i:- 
rior city. ^gestions: 

Our titles came from the state ori<r- Imniiirrants shouhl endeavor to he 

inally. A litth> care in liavin«r titles at their pla«/e of destinatiun by the 

examined will ensure a jrooil title, tirst of .January. soastubcginthcirpre- 

Farms can he rented either for r^\sh parations for tlic apprcjachiug season, 

or for part of the crop. Avhere land I'niess a location lias been selected 

owners furnish teams, etc.. half crop beforeliand. it is best to come in the 



is usual rent and Mliere tf^nants fur- 
nish evrrythinjr. one-fourth cotton, 
one-third corn. 

Our roads in the summer and fall 
are maj^nilicent. in the winter are bad. 
heavy. Our soil is sandy. black sandy- 
h()<:"-wallow. black waxie. Laiuls 



tail— say in October or November, 
especially if the i>arty expects to go 
u]>on an unimproved place. May rent 
land for the first year. Improved 
lands can l)e liad in any of the settled 
counlics without much dilliculty. 
When n)oney rent is paid the price is 



ranjic in jirice from -i^o to ;f<3() ]>er jrenerally about thrciMlollars per acre. 
a<-re. accoi-din<f to locality and im- liut rents are jicnerally paid in part of 
provements: m western counties the croj) — say one-third of the corn or 
they are selliu<i- much cheaper, other j^rain and one-fourth of the cot- 
Those counties are rapidly open- ton. the renter to <rather the crop 
in^r u]) by railroad extensions, and have the cotton g^inned; but the 
some tine bargains in land can be laud owiun- paying the toll forgiuuiug 
made now. We have a delightful his proitortionand fiirnisl.iingthe bag- 
breeze from the (iulf during summer; ging and ties for his bales. .Some- 
suffer much less from heat than in times the laud owner furnishes teams 
more northern sections. We get good and tools; in which case he g(!ts one- 
water by digging at "JO to 40 feet al- half the crop. The laud owners sonie- 
most anywhere. With Waco as a ' times furnish supplies also — provis- 
center a party can easily ex[)lore most '. ions and clothing— which the renter 
of the state. i re])ays out of his portion of the crop. 

The Missouri I'acitic will take you i The laud owner furnishes a house and 
to Denison. on Hed river, and Laredo. '■ allows the renter free use of timber for 
on the liio (irande. The Houston and , fuel. Uy law the land owner has a 
Texas Central, from the (iulf to the lien on the croj) for his rents, and the 
I'an Han(He. | products cannot be removed from the 

The Texas and St. Louis, from East- farm until the sum is paid, excei)t by 
ern Texas through Western Texas. ; consent. 
The (jr. C. and Santa Ke, tli rough Cen- 



tral Texas, along the lirazos Hottom. ' 
( f et yonr tickets to Waco and then 
branch out. 

We have two daily i)apers now. 
The Daily E.xamixkh. issued with a 
weekly edition that gives an immense 
deal of iufornuition about Texas. 
Send for a sample c0])y of it. The 
l^AV is a splendid evening pajier. 

All the deuomiiuitious of Ciiristians 
have both churches and schools in 
NViU'o. including a Sewish Synagiigue 
and a Liiieral Hall. We havci-.M Cni- 
versity and female high school, free 
schools run for most of the year. 
(Jraded schools in the free schools. 

In regard to best time to come to 



CO.ST OF COMING TO TEXAS. 

Emmigrant tickets can be gotten 
from all the ])rincipal points in the 
United States to Texas. Enquire at 
your nearest through oftire. You can 
save money. Ask for emmigrant 
ticket to Waco, 

'ro COLONISTS. 

Parties desiring to form colonies 
can, by Ayriting to us. get information 
as to where large bodies suit able for col- 
onies can be found. >N'e will give fidl 
particulars. 

TAXKS. 

The taxes for the state are only HO 
cents ou $100. McLennan county has 



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about $5,000 in the Treasury and is 
out of debt. 

OKDER AND PROSVERITY. 

No community in Texas can justly 
claim better preserved order and a 
greater degree ofprosperity than that 
of Waco and McLennan county. The 
laAvs have been so tirmly and impar- 
tially enforced, tliat the citizens gener- 
ally have cause to regard any other 
condition than that of the very best 
order as an exception to the rule. 
The rapid increase of the population 
and Avealth of McLennan county in- 
duced the building of a large and com- 
modous Court House, at Waco, in 
which the citizens generally feel a just 
pride. This improvement though 
made at a cost of $8.'),000, has been 
paid for, and several other minor im- 
provements in the county have also 
been lately made and paid for, and the 
county has a surplus fund in the treas- 
ury of |;5,000. The taxes are there- 
fore of no perceptable Aveight on this 
county, and will not be again. The 
low rate of taxes assessed hereafter 
will be sufficient to build turnpikes 
and bridges wherever needed and 
keep in good order every road. The 
presiding officer of the commissioners' 
court of this county has declared 
already that it will be the pui-pose of 
that court to look specially to the im- 
mediate improvements of the public 
roads of the coxmty. We cau safely 
offer these as an additional induce- 
ment to those looking for homes in 
Texas, the advantages of a healthy, 
county treasury, low taxes, line roads 
and safe bridges, and the very best of 
political and social order. 

INDUCEMENTS TO IMMIGRANTS. 

The state of Texas offers induce- 
me'its to immigration which can not 
be surpassed in many respects, and 
ar 1 rarely equaled by any other coun- 
try on this continent. These comprise 
excellence of climate, soil and Avater, 
agricultural, grazing and commercial 
advantages, and educational facilities ; 
and in additicm to all these, cheap 
lands. The settler, who comes into 
the state now, has not necessarily to 



undergo the hardships of a pioneer 
life, as Avas formerly the case. lie 
can, if his inclinations point that Avay, 
still ffnd l^rge areas of unculti\'ated 
pasture lands in the extreme Avest and 
nortliAvest, where his flocks and lierds 
may roam at Avill, but at least one- 
third of the territory of the state is 
about as well populated as many of 
the states east of the Mississippi river. 
Mills, gins, stores, schools and 
churches are met Avith aluiost eA'ery- 
Avhere, and opportunities for social in- 
tercourse are at the command of cA'en 
those in the most sparsely settled 
neighborhoods. 

THE II03IESTEAD I.AAV. 

The following is the laAV goA'eruing 
homesteads in Texas : 
''An Act DEFiNiNCf the Homestead 

AND Other Property Exeaipt 

FROM Forced Sale in This State. 

"Section 1. Be it enacted by the 
Legislature of the State of Texas, 
That the homestead of a family, not to 
exceed two hundred acres of land 
not included in any city, toAvn or vil- 
lage lot or lots, not to exceed ffA^e thou- 
sand dollars in«value at the time of 
tlieir designation as a homestead, and 
Avithout reference to the value of any 
im})rovements thereon, shall not be 
subject to forced sale for debts, except 
for the i)urchase-money thereof, or 
for taxes, or for labor and material 
expended thereon.'' 



LELAND SEMINARY, 



This school is a private institution* 
presided over by Mrs. Fannie Leland, 
a lady of rare culture and one of the 
most successful teachers Avho ever 
taught in Waco, Mrs. Leland con- 
ducted this school in Waco for eight 
years. For the past two years she has 
not taught. At the time Ave wrote the 
article on "The Schools of Waco and 
McLennan County," she liad not de- 
tei-mined to resume the school, and 
tliat is Avhy the notice of it did not 
appear imder that heading. This 
school re-opened Monday, Sept. 8. 



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ARCHITECTS. 
— ~>»^ — . — 

W. W. LARMOUR, 

Waco is celebrated for the symme- 
try of its bnihiinirs, and most of them 
^vere designed })y the above arcliitect 
who is a i)erfeet master of Ids art, and 
a gentleman of genuine talent. Two 
of the largest court houses in the 
State are builtfrom his designs, one at 
Austin and the other of large dimen- 
sions and splendid architecture now 
being l)ulU at San Angelos A large 
nuiid)cr of i)ublic buildings all over 
the Slate are from his designs, plans 
and specifications, notably the public 
schools of Corsicaua, the most elabo- 
rate and elegant i)ublic school build- 
ings in Texas. Tlie reputaticm of ^Mr. 
Larmour is wide-s])vead, and he is 
constantly, witii a large corps of as- 
sistants, employed in designing and 
drafting for buildings. b<jth at iiome 
and in neighboring towns and cities. 

He brings to bear on his art a culti- 
Aated nnnd. fine taste and mechanical 
skill of a high order. I'arties con- 
temi)iating building should corres- 
pond with Mr. Larmour. 

DODSON «c DUDLEY. 

The gentlemen who liead tins arti- 
cle, are well known in H'aco. Mr. 
Dodson especially, as he is one of our 
old citizens. 'J'heir office is in the 
court iiouse, and tliey follow tht> pro- 
fession of architects and furnishers of 
jtlans and specifications of buildings. 
Many magnificent specimens of Mr. 
Dodson's skill and <|ualifications are 
to be seen in and about Waco, and in 
many of the leading cities of the State. 
One notable instance of recent date in 
Waco is the Inuadsome structure on 
Austin street. abo\e Eighth, whose 
graceful towering spire, points heav- 
enward in honor of the Christian re- 
ligion. The new Presbyterian Church, 
to which we allude, is one of the hand- 
somest buildings in the State; in fact 
it is an architectural beauty. 'J'lie new 
court house at (ireenville, which ha.s 
just fallen a j)rey to the lire liend was 
another, while many of the elegant and 



comfortable residences which adoru 
our beautiful city atVord am])le evi- 
dence of the skill and accomplishment 
of these gentlemen. They draw i)l{uis, 

! furnish designs and specifications for 
all kinds of buildings, i)u.blic and pri- 

, vate, and superintend the construction 
of tlio same. They have now under 
contract some of the handsomest work 
every seen in the city in the way of resi 
dences, etc. They are among the best 
known anil most skillful architects in 
the State and Waco is proud to own 
them as citizens. 



LUMBER DEALER. 



A. J. CARUTHERS. 
Xo industry has grown to such di- 
mensions or plays so important a jiart 
as a material aid to the growth and 
improvement of our city, as the lum- 
ber tratle. Within the past few years 
the demand for lumber and building 
material has grown so much that the 
yards in existence befoi'e were not 
equal to the enu-rgency, and others 
were opened until tlie supply became 
equal to the growing (leuuiud. As 
thc||city grew and prospered, people 
turned their attention to the con- 
struction of strong, |i(^rmanc>nt antl 
comfortable houses. In order that 
tiiesc eould be so, hunber of good 
(juality was necessary, and this !.■< un- 
doubtedly found in the i)roiluct of 
the long leaf yellow pine, which 
ranks aoove all other lumber in the 
construction of houses. Such lumber 
can always bo found at the well 
known yard of A..L Caruthers, at the 
corner of Fourth and >lary streets. 
5i.r. C makes a specialty of handling 
the very choicest long leaf pine lum- 
ber which is ])roduced from the mills 
of the state, and his extensive patron- 
age and wide trade show that people 
have learned where they can get just 
what they want. The long leatyellow 
[»ine is acknowledged to make the 
tinest and most desirable lumber for 
building purposes, and^Slr. Caruthers 
is ])repared to supply it in all lengths 
and sizes. 







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